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Liang Sicheng's Academic Practice (1928-1955)

Hu Zhigang

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Liang Sicheng is one of the most famous architects in modern China and an outstanding representative of China's first generation of architects. His academic activities involve architectural history research, cultural relics and building protection, architectural education, architectural design, urban planning, art history research and other fields, and have achieved extremely fruitful results. This book is a special study on Liang Sicheng's academic practice, comprehensively covering his academic activities in various periods from 1928 to 1955, including: the establishment of the Department of Architecture of Northeastern University and its early architectural design and investigation of ancient buildings (1928-1931); joining the China Architecture Society and conducting investigations and research on ancient buildings (1931-1946); the founding of the Qing Dynasty Department of Architecture of Hua University and its educational practice (after 1946); participated in the construction of the new political power (1949-1950); participated in the planning of the capital and proposed the "Liang-Chen Plan" (1949-1955); protected Beijing's cultural relics and buildings (after 1949); actively explored the path to realize the national form of architecture (1949-1955). The author extensively collected Liang Sicheng's writings, relevant memoirs, historical archives, newspapers and periodicals, research works and other documents. Based on in-depth excavation of historical materials and from the perspective of modern social and cultural history, the author made an objective observation and analysis of Liang Sicheng's academic practice activities and his life, and put forward many unique and original viewpoints.